Locus

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Join us as we delve into the intricate dance between urgency and efficiency, exploring the transformative logistics wisdom hidden within the tumultuous waves of fourth-quarter NFL comebacks. Read Also: The Definitive Guide To Logistics Route Optimization 3. So, how does all this connect to route optimization software?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2016

In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. Ron joined Quintiq in 2007 and leads a marketing team that focuses on global campaigns, partners, and analyst relations. The post Friends with Fitbits: Fitness Tracking and Taking Supply Chain Planning to the Next Level appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 14, 2015

Such systems are also instrumental in establishing aligned tactical and strategic performance metrics systems that drive improved economic outcomes (Bendoly et al., ERP systems are designed to integrate transactions from finance, human resources, procurement, operations, sales and marketing, logistics, and other functions in a firm.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. For example, in the recession of 2007, DuPont missed the downturn in the market. It is a week where I would pack yet another bag to spend the week on the road.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 20, 2017

DAT has won the award two times before, in 2010 and 2007. DAT’s contact center provides phone, email, and live chat support to carriers, owner-operators, freight brokers, third-party logistics companies, and shippers. DAT's Customer Support Team. The contact center answers more than 25,000 calls, emails and chats per month.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 26, 2020

In 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated that CO2 emissions from transportation surpassed two billion metric tons ; it’s hard to imagine what that number looks like today. The post 3 Initiatives Driving Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Management appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 25, 2017

DAT has won the Best Small Contact Center award two times before, in 2010 and 2007. DAT's contact center provides phone, email, and live chat support to carriers, owner-operators, freight brokers, third-party logistics companies, and shippers. DAT's Customer Support Team. Leading the way in customer service.

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Material Handling & Logistics

MARCH 19, 2018

Going by that metric, truck drivers and material moving occupations are at the top of the list, with 1,388 fatal injuries in 2016, according to recent data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. One of the most common ways to measure the dangerousness of an occupation is by the total number of fatalities in a year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 4, 2013

Abby and I are writing an e-book on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. Likewise, in today’s supply chain environment, I find that supply chain leaders favor a single function of logistics, manufacturing or sourcing. Companies that are not looking holistically at metrics are stuck. It will publish in the early summer.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2017

During the Great Recession of 2007-2009, demand decreased rapidly for container shipping, causing a chain reaction for carriers. Reserve the right to reduce your quantity commitment (MQC) based on specific declining carrier metrics such as on time performance, services scope, transit requirements and direct ports of call.

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Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

While electronic passenger tickets were introduced in 1994 and reached a 97% penetration rate by 2007, the eAWB standards was adapted as an IATA standard in 2010, and adoption in 2018 still hovers at 53%. But not for lack of effort. Electronic airway bills (eAWB) are a familiar example. The post Air Cargo Tech Is Falling Behind.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. As contractors across the logistics industry begin questioning their relationships with carrier networks , the FRONTdoor Collective is taking a new approach.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

It was the world’s largest VC firm in 2007 with over $20 million in assets during the year. A thorough understanding of metrics that prove out business models. Most founders don’t get into business to take on logistics. New Enterprise Associates is an American-based VC firm. An incredible founder or founding team.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Supply chain leaders managed through disruption after disruption including increased weather impacts, energy outages, labor shortages, geopolitical shifts, and supply/logistics constraints. Seasoned supply chain professionals used the mental model from the recession of 2007 as a guidepost.) These concepts are new.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.

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SCM Research

MARCH 14, 2018

Similarly, the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which has been signed by thousands of researchers worldwide, asks “not [to] use journal-based metrics […] as a surrogate measure of the quality of individual research articles, to assess an individual scientist’s contributions, or in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions” (..)

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